Who Is This Book For?

This book covers topics useful to many people. The primary audience is the IT professional, especially CIOs, managers, and system architects. System administrators, storage administrators, network administrators, database administrators, systems analysts, and business analysts who are involved in storing and protecting critical business data will also find this book to be a vital resource.

Product managers, consultants, technical marketing specialists, and technicians, as well as engineers at value-added resellers, OEMs, ISVs, and service providers, will also be interested in this book. It provides general knowledge about emerging areas of interest to their customers. Marketing communications specialists, PR agents, venture capitalists, analysts, editors, trainers, professors, and students will also find value in this book. It provides these professionals with a general overview of data protection technology and practice in plain language.